NEWARK — Three people were arrested after an extensive police chase through three Essex County municipalities, officials said.

Nobody was injured in the chase, which started in Newark about 8:30 p.m. and went through Irvington and East Orange, said city police spokesman Detective Todd McClendon, who cited preliminary information.

Three vehicles were damaged in the chase, he said.

The chase began after a marked patrol car tried to stop an erratic driver at Madison Avenue and South 18th Street in the city’s West Ward, McClendon said. The vehicle, which was found to be reported stolen, took off, he said.

During the course of the chase the suspect’s vehicle hit a parked car in Irvington, one of the Newark patrol cars involved in the pursuit, and then another parked car on Abinger Place in Newark, the spokesman said.

Four people in the car bailed out after crashing on Abinger Place, he said, and three suspects, two juveniles and one adult, were arrested after a brief foot chase.